Asato Kitamura is a Parsons MFA 2020 graduate who recently debuted an amazing collection called Catharsis. His pieces exemplify human torment and serve more as wearable art than your typical ready-to-wear. We caught up with […]
STUDENT DESIGNER PROFILE #4 IZZY DU
Izzy Du is no longer student but I put her in this series since she just recently graduated The Royal Academy to debut her first collection “Provenance.” Her work pushes the boundaries of what can […]
student designer profile #3 : Ruiyu Zheng
Ruiyu Zheng @zhenr016 is a Parsons MFA student who recently presented her first full collection. The collection is called the Wooden Garden and is based around traditional Chinese motifs carved out of cork. I had […]
Student designer profile #2 Woojun jang
Woojun Jang is a Central Saint Martins student who recently presented an MA collection earlier this year. He caught my attention with his use of untraditional techniques that transformed the surface of the garments he […]
Student designer profile#1 Morgan Boyce
Morgan Boyce is an incredibly talented knitwear graduate of De Montfort university. Her innovative technical work with knits really intrigued me along with her drawings and conceptuality. I had the pleasure to ask her some […]
An AND FILIP VANDEVORST ON THE LEGACY OF THEIR LABEL AF VANDEVORST
An and Filip Vandevorst founded their label AF Vandevorst in 1998 and prospered for over two decades redefining avant garde womenswear season after season with their own unique design language . They met during their […]
YASUYUKI ISHII THE OBJECT ARTIST TURNED FASHION DESIGNER
Yasuyuki Ishii is definitely one of my favorite designers. He started his career as an object artist in the 80s focusing on textures and surfaces, when he started making clothes he took his artistic style […]
AN INTRODUCTION TO JESSICA PAN, A STUDENT DESIGNER AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
Tell me about you, where did you grow up, what initially got you into fashion? When did you decide you wanted to go to school for fashion? I grew up in Los Angeles, and moved […]
SETSUMASA KOBAYASHI’S ETERNAL RESEARCH: FROM PUNK SHOWS TO THE CHICHIBU MOUNTAIN RANGE
Setsumasa Kobayashi or “Koba” as his friends refer to him as, grew up in Japan as the son of a shoemaker and continued his father’s legacy making footwear until 1993 when he debuted his label […]
